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Fallacies that aren’t fallacies.
“Fallacy implies it’s dumb because it runs against cold, hard, scintillating, pure, perfect logic. But I don’t agree with some of that perfect logic.” ~ learn more
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The problem with building good habits.
The author of this post was super into habits (a la James Clear’s Atomic Habits) until he had some sort of breakdown and now think it’s done him more harm than good. My hot take is that he was way […]
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Did you climb the wrong status hierarchy?
Aaron Renn grew up in southern Indiana, went to Indiana University, moved to Chicago to eventually become a managing director at Accenture, and now believes he screwed up royally at the very start. He thinks he should’ve gone to Harvard […]
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Transforming company narratives.
This might be the most interesting interview I’ve listened to of a communications professional. My sample size is not large. Yet, I really enjoyed that she was far from conventional. ~ learn more
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The worst meal of my entire life.
The story of a business dinner gone wrong and a lesson learned. ~ learn more
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Managing life’s 8-10 year cycle.
“Roughly, every eight to ten years, life seems to cycle through like a brush fire to clean up the excesses of the past decade.” ~ learn more
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The skill of naming what’s happening in the room.
“Your observations—of the energy on the call, of a change in someone’s tone or body language, of how you as a group are not meeting the desired goal—can reset this frustrated dynamic. Often, everyone else in the room will also […]
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The Mr. Beast memo is a guide to the Gen Z workforce.
I read the original memo after reading this article and I am glad I did. ~ learn more
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Ignoring the wisdom of crowds.
“The experiment was made famous in 1987 by Jack Treynor. In his case it was 850 jelly beans and 56 students. The group average was only 2.5% off the correct number; only one student guessed better. The study has been […]
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Banana equivalents.
“Bananas are (slightly) radioactive. The banana equivalent dose (BED) is a measurement of radiation. It’s definitely not enough to hurt you.” ~ learn more